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is watching animes extremely childish?

hey guys do you feel watching animes and cartoons or reading mangas is extremely childish it's like only a few of my classmates do so so if you ask them why they don't watch any anime series then they'll say that that's extremely childish and they have grown up now i mean to a limit but we are 12 stupids i'm gonna call them grandma and grandpa from now onwards but still do you think it's childish well i don't i guess the stories aren't childish but it is that they think they are extremely big so grandparents i guess you all should watch daily soaps oh wait a minute you do so muahahhhaaaahhhaaa!!!!!!!!

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I have to go with Itachi on this one. There are certainly some anime out there that can be perceived as being childish; however, there are also those that most certainly aren't and should only be viewed by a mature and well-adjusted audience. So, unless your classmates have seen a decent variety of anime, I don't think they have much of a standing by which to call it childish. Rather, they're the childish ones for insulting something which they don't know much about.

Well... I guess you can't really blame them for being childish since they are children after all. >.> Still, you get my point.

i agree whit itachi nd Shin kamiyra.
some are childish nd some arent, i have lots of friends tht think tht anime is childish,cuz they never seen anime or want to look cool,i only got a friend who thinkx tht anime is a grownup thing!

I don't think watching anime is childish, although there is some childish anime out there. Do your classmates watch Disney movies, like "The Nightmare Before Christmas"? Technically, that could be considered "childish" too.

If they've never seen any anime, then how can they make a snap judgement like that? Chances are they've seen maybe one episode of Pokemon and thought all anime must be like that. Bleh, it's not childish.

It sounds childish but no. (NO THANKS TO THE JAPANESE AUDIO OF COURSE!!!!! ) But if you set the audio to English, then most anime will actually be for teenagers and higher because it actually sounds more serious. That's just me though...everyone like to set the audio to Japanese for some reason. Maybe for the real thing although it doesn't sound like it...

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It sounds childish but no. (NO THANKS TO THE JAPANESE AUDIO OF COURSE!!!!! ) But if you set the audio to English, then most anime will actually be for teenagers and higher because it actually sounds more serious. That's just me though...everyone like to set the audio to Japanese for some reason. Maybe for the real thing although it doesn't sound like it...

Nah man. I find that the Japanese have the perfect voice for characters. It just doesn't work when L sounds like he's got a croaky voice and sounds like a freak. Japanese is the perfect voice for anime.

And anime is made for everybody there are adult themed anime, child themed anime, and young adult themed anime.

Nah man. I find that the Japanese have the perfect voice for characters. It just doesn't work when L sounds like he's got a croaky voice and sounds like a freak. Japanese is the perfect voice for anime.

And anime is made for everybody there are adult themed anime, child themed anime, and young adult themed anime.

Anime and Manga is a cultural thing, and has nothing to do with age demographic. Manga had somehow become the form of art which the Japanese chose to visually convey and share their stories. I guess it's only natural when you consider that the Japanese written language is entirely visual as well, each character representing a little picture in itself. From there, anime became the natural medium to set these stories into motion.

Just like in our Western culture, how our tradition of story-telling started in books, then moved to radio, and later to movies. In some cultures story-telling is a verbal tradition passed down through bards, elders, and other storytellers.

So the stories represented in manga span all kinds of demographics, from children to adults. Which is why we have a myriad of classifications for anime and manga demographics such as Shonen (teenage boys), Shojo (teenage girls), Seinen (adult males), Kodomo (children), and the least popular, Josei (adult women).

Of course, these classifications are very subjective. Just like many of you boys out there will go out to a "chick flick" with your girlfriend and find yourselves crying over it. Yes, we can enjoy stories geared to any demographic. I often find myself watching more Shonen anime than any, and even have an amused interest in some shojo animes. Of course I love Seinen shows which are actually geared towards my demographic, but they are not as common and I don't like them any more than the Shonen shows I watch.

As you must of read above, there is no way I could actually say that anime is childish. Maybe some of it is a bit corny and on the....childish side but most of them are way off from that, not even being close to childish.

Some anime may seem childish. But there's many anime series that I wouldn't dare let a child watch. I was looking after my friends little brother, and I wanted to watch anime. Only to realise nothing I had with me at the time was something that he could watch.

I'd like to see someone watch something like DMC or Kuroshitsuji and tell me that it's for kids...

I think most people consider anime childish in the same way people consider english cartoons to be childish. Most people see pokemon, digimon, yugi-oh, and think all anime is the same way. And then other people think anime is like cartoons. Aimed for children.
So I think most people would like anime, they just think of it like one big genre. It:s like saying you don:t like tv shows, music, games, or books. Even food. They are all different.I mean, just because you don:t like one food, dosen:t mean you don:t eat?

Yes their is some anime that is aimed at children, but most anime is rated 13 and up the same with magna. Most magna you read are rated 13 and up. Just talk to my daughter who get's really fustrated because I won't let her watch most anime or read most magna because I feal she is to young to watch or read it. She would defiantly tell your freinds that anime isn't for kids since she isn't allowed to watch most of it.

Nah man. I find that the Japanese have the perfect voice for characters. It just doesn't work when L sounds like he's got a croaky voice and sounds like a freak. Japanese is the perfect voice for anime.

And anime is made for everybody there are adult themed anime, child themed anime, and young adult themed anime.

Want to know why? My parents heard some screaming sound that sounded so high that my parents kept asking me: "Why is there so many screaming?" What I have to say: O_o. That's why English keeps my parents from asking that question. I also prefer it that way. No real reason. Just preference.